Drake Middle School is nestled near the foothills in Arvada, Colorado. We serve approximately 658 students in 7th and 8th grade. Students come from a wide range of economic backgrounds. About 20% of our population qualifies for free and reduced lunch while many of our students are considered middle to upper middle class. Our staff is committed to the success of every student, and data analysis is a huge focus in guiding curriculum instruction. The library's task is to support our UIP and school wide goals through leadership, collaboration, instruction, and program advocacy. 21st Century Skills and the National Technology Education Standards are the driving force behind every decision, collaborative activity, and program created by the library. Drake Middle School has met the requirements for adequate growth in reading and our overall academic growth percentile is 83.3%.
Highly Effective School Library Program Growth Plan (2014-2015) School Librarian: Kori Chubb School: Drake MS District: Jeffco Library Mission: Collection development and collaboration with staff to enhance student learning is guided by Drake Middle School’s UIP goals, National Educational Technology Standards, and identifying student and curriculum needs.
Annual School Library Growth Plan Date: 11.18.14 School Librarian: Kori ChubbSchool: Drake MS District: Jefferson County
GOAL
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School Unified Improvement Plan Goal (UIP) Goal
Maintain newly established, rigorous expectations across core instruction while refining progress monitoring, scaffolds/supports, and differentiated instruction in the area of writing.
HESLP Target area (which 1 or 2 areas would you like to improve upon and WHY?)
1.I am focusing on area #3 (Leadership). Within that scope, I am building collegiate relationships as a Curriculum Development Advisor (#10) in the area of Information Literacy.
2.Information Literacy is not only a 21st Century Skill and NETS expectation, it is also nested within the ELA curriculum. To support ELA (writing), I am realigning expectations surrounding research skills (evaluating website/resources, creating bibliographies, and reinforcing academic language) by creating a common culture of expectation throughout the school.
My SMART goal which is worded to show alignment between UIP and HESL Target area
Information literacy supports our school’s UIP goal of writing by teaching students how to research by evaluating resources for reliability (comparative analysis), being able to justify reasoning using academic language, and creating bibliographic evidence for research projects which are all pre-writing aspects used in core classes.
My Strategies/Indicators for carrying out my SMART goal
Met with Steamboat teachers to ask for their participation (Sept). To measure and acquire data, I will focus on my work with one 7th grade team (Steamboat), although all students will be participating in the lessons.
Met with ELA department head to see how I could support ELA in the area of Information Literacy (Sept).
In September, during my first collaborative work with Steamboat students, I gave a pre-assessment to ascertain what they know and don’t know about information literacy. This will become my baseline data.
Create and distribute anchor charts that explain CARP (evaluative tools for research) and The Big 6 (the research process) to ALL science, ELA, and social studies teachers.
The assessment will be given each time I work with the Steamboat team. Science will be in January and ELA will be in the Spring.
Formative assessments involve the collection of worksheets that build on research knowledge, and final bibliographies (some annotated) will be given (see links below).
I will be specifically working with the science, social studies, and ELA teachers on Steamboat to acquire data, but will collaborate with 7th grade social studies and 8th grade ELA teachers to ensure ALL students receive the same information and practice using it within content areas.
MEASURABLE EVIDENCE of Collaboration, Leadership, and/or instruction
The Google Poll Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment for data analysis.
Formative assessments: 7th Grade Citation worksheet, C ARP CARD, and formal bibliographies will be graded and/or given to provide opportunities to practice and reinforce research skills. These will also vary over the course of the year, depending on the research assignments given by individual teachers.
MEASURABLE EVIDENCE of Student Growth
In April 2015, I will conduct a final Google Poll (Post-Assessment) to gauge student knowledge and growth in the area of Information Literacy. The goal specifically targets five questions and raising the percentage of students who answer those questions correctly to proficient (67% or higher).
GOAL
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School Unified Improvement Plan Goal (UIP) Goal
School wide Goal: Focus on using and integrating technology within core frameworks while maintaining rigor and opportunities for critical thinking.
HESLP Target area (which 1 or 2 areas would you like to improve upon and WHY?)
I am focusing on HESLP target area #11 School Leadership, because one of my primary roles falls under Leadership and providing professional development on new technology. Technology is an integral part of daily life in our world today, and provides students with the opportunity to show their learning in creative and collaborative ways. It is important that teachers learn the skill as well, and that they create technology opportunities that support and expand learning through purposeful planning that focuses on critical thinking (synthesis, analysis, evaluation, and inquiry) and aligns with core standards and essential questions. By leading tutorials and providing more opportunities for collaboration, teachers will learn how valuable tech tools can be.
My SMART goal which is worded to show alignment between UIP and HESL Target area
Provide staff with a variety of opportunities to acquire new technology skills and ideas that can be transferred to the classroom.
My Strategies/Indicators for carrying out my SMART goal
Provide specific tutorials every other Thursday afternoon (focusing on Schoology, Google Research., and New Web tools like Storybird, Powtoons, Vocaroo, and more).
Provide incentive by offering re-certification hours for attendance.
Provide an intensive two hour Schoology session at the beginning of the year so teachers can set up their grade books.
Personally take the Wired Writing course to gain more knowledge on technology tools that are easily integrated and provide opportunities for purposeful learning.
Collaborate with teachers using new web products (Powtoons, Storybird, Vocaroo, etc…) within their core content. This includes continued learning and support using Schoology.
Email teachers about new tools that may be great for their content.
Share new tools and collaborative opportunities by attending department meetings on an as needed schedule (at least once a trimester)
Be available for one-on-one tutoring to accommodate teacher schedules.
My Partners
Principal, Instructional Coach, colleagues
MEASURABLE EVIDENCE of Collaboration, Leadership, and/or instruction
Log and compare collaborative lessons using new tech tools from last year to this year.
Keep attendance for the number of teachers who regularly attend after school tutorials AND the number of teachers who attend tutorials at least once.
MEASURABLE EVIDENCE of Student Growth
Number of teachers who actively use new tech tools in content area. Collaboration Table
Highly Effective School Library Program 2011-2014
School: Drake Middle School
Street Address: 12550 W. 52nd Ave
City: Arvada
District: Jeffco
Phone: 303-982-1510
Email Address: kchubb@jeffco.k12.co.us
School Library Website URL:
https://sites.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/drake-dragon-ms-library/
Drake Middle School is nestled near the foothills in Arvada, Colorado. We serve approximately 658 students in 7th and 8th grade. Students come from a wide range of economic backgrounds. About 20% of our population qualifies for free and reduced lunch while many of our students are considered middle to upper middle class. Our staff is committed to the success of every student, and data analysis is a huge focus in guiding curriculum instruction. The library's task is to support our UIP and school wide goals through leadership, collaboration, instruction, and program advocacy. 21st Century Skills and the National Technology Education Standards are the driving force behind every decision, collaborative activity, and program created by the library. Drake Middle School has met the requirements for adequate growth in reading and our overall academic growth percentile is 83.3%.
Drake Middle School Narrative
Highly Effective School Library Program Growth Plan (2014-2015)
School Librarian: Kori Chubb
School: Drake MS District: Jeffco
Library Mission: Collection development and collaboration with staff to enhance student learning
is guided by Drake Middle School’s UIP goals, National Educational Technology Standards, and identifying student and curriculum needs.
Annual School Library Growth Plan
Date: 11.18.14 School Librarian: Kori Chubb School: Drake MS District: Jefferson County
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- Met with Steamboat teachers to ask for their participation (Sept). To measure and acquire data, I will focus on my work with one 7th grade team (Steamboat), although all students will be participating in the lessons.
- Met with ELA department head to see how I could support ELA in the area of Information Literacy (Sept).
- In September, during my first collaborative work with Steamboat students, I gave a pre-assessment to ascertain what they know and don’t know about information literacy. This will become my baseline data.
- Create and distribute anchor charts that explain CARP (evaluative tools for research) and The Big 6 (the research process) to ALL science, ELA, and social studies teachers.
- The assessment will be given each time I work with the Steamboat team. Science will be in January and ELA will be in the Spring.
- Formative assessments involve the collection of worksheets that build on research knowledge, and final bibliographies (some annotated) will be given (see links below).
7th Grade Citation WorksheetCARP Poster
The Big 6
Directions for Website Activity
Practice Evaluating Websites
CARP CARD
Google Poll Pre/Post Assessment
Research Pages on Drake Library Website
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Collaboration Table